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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">The Life Guards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_Guards_Cap_Badge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Life_Guards_Cap_Badge.jpg" decoding="async" width="219" height="252" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="219" data-file-height="252" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Cap_badge" title="Cap badge">Cap badge</a> of the regiment</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">21 May 1922<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Life_guard_(military)" title="Life guard (military)">Life guards</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Formation_reconnaissance_regiment" title="Formation reconnaissance regiment">Armoured reconnaissance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Public_duties" title="Public duties">ceremonial</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">Regiment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Household Cavalry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data">RHQ – London<br />Regiment – <a href="/wiki/Bulford_Camp" title="Bulford Camp">Bulford Camp</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)-language text"><i lang="frm"><a href="/wiki/Honi_soit_qui_mal_y_pense" title="Honi soit qui mal y pense">Honi soit qui mal y pense</a></i></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Middle_French" title="Middle French">Middle French</a> for 'Shame on him who thinks evil of it')</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">Quick: "<a href="/wiki/Milanollo#Coldstream" class="mw-redirect" title="Milanollo">Milanollo</a>" <br />Slow: "Life Guards Slow March" <br />Trot past: "<a href="/wiki/Keel_Row" class="mw-redirect" title="Keel Row">Keel Row</a>"</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colonel-in-Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/King_Charles_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles III">King Charles III</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colonel of<br />the Regiment</th><td class="infobox-data">Lt Gen Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Smyth-Osbourne" title="Edward Smyth-Osbourne">Edward Smyth-Osbourne</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Tactical Recognition Flash</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GuardsTRF.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/GuardsTRF.svg/75px-GuardsTRF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/GuardsTRF.svg/113px-GuardsTRF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/GuardsTRF.svg/150px-GuardsTRF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">LG</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>The</b> <b>Life Guards</b> (LG) is the most senior regiment of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Household Cavalry</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">The Blues and Royals</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Troop_Horse_Guards_At_Dettingen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/1st_Troop_Horse_Guards_At_Dettingen.jpg/220px-1st_Troop_Horse_Guards_At_Dettingen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="325" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/1st_Troop_Horse_Guards_At_Dettingen.jpg/330px-1st_Troop_Horse_Guards_At_Dettingen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/1st_Troop_Horse_Guards_At_Dettingen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="590" /></a><figcaption>Artist's impression of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dettingen" title="Battle of Dettingen">Battle of Dettingen</a> in 1743.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Life Guards grew from the four <a href="/wiki/Troop" title="Troop">troops</a> of <a href="/wiki/Horse_Guards_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse Guards Regiment">Horse Guards</a> (exclusively formed of <a href="/wiki/Gentleman_ranker" title="Gentleman ranker">gentlemen-troopers</a> until the transformation of the last two remaining troops into Regiments of Life Guards in 1788)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> raised by <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> around the time of his <a href="/wiki/English_Restoration" class="mw-redirect" title="English Restoration">restoration</a>, plus two troops of <a href="/wiki/Horse_Grenadier_Guards" title="Horse Grenadier Guards">Horse Grenadier Guards</a> (rank and file composed of commoners),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were raised some years later.<sup id="cite_ref-white_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-white-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/1st_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="1st Troop of Horse Guards">first troop</a> was originally raised in <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a> in 1658 as <i>His Majesty's Own Troop of Horse Guards</i>. They formed part of the contingent raised by the exiled King <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> as his contribution to the army of King <a href="/wiki/Philip_IV_of_Spain" title="Philip IV of Spain">Philip IV of Spain</a> who were fighting the French and their allies the <a href="/wiki/English_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="English Commonwealth">English Commonwealth</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Protector" title="Lord Protector">Lord Protector</a> <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Spanish_War_(1635%E2%80%931659)" title="Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)">Franco-Spanish War</a> and the concurrent <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1654)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Spanish War (1654)">Anglo-Spanish War</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/2nd_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="2nd Troop of Horse Guards">second troop</a> was founded in 1659 as <i><a href="/wiki/George_Monck" class="mw-redirect" title="George Monck">Monck's</a> Life Guards</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/3rd_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="3rd Troop of Horse Guards">third troop</a>, like the first troop was formed in 1658 from exiled Royalists and was initially known as <i>The <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">Duke of York's</a> Troop of Horse Guards</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/4th_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="4th Troop of Horse Guards">fourth troop</a> was raised in 1661 in England.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Horse_Grenadier_Guards#Captains_&_Colonels,_1st_Troop,_Horse_Grenadier_Guards" title="Horse Grenadier Guards">first troop</a> of horse grenadier guards was formed in 1693 from the amalgamation of three troops of <a href="/wiki/Grenadier" title="Grenadier">grenadiers</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Horse_Grenadier_Guards#Captains_&_Colonels,_2nd_Troop_(Scots),_Horse_Grenadier_Guards" title="Horse Grenadier Guards">second troop</a> of horse grenadier guards was raised in Scotland in 1702.</li></ul> <p>These units first saw action during the <a href="/wiki/Third_Anglo-Dutch_War" title="Third Anglo-Dutch War">Third Anglo-Dutch War</a> in 1672 and then at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sedgemoor" title="Battle of Sedgemoor">Battle of Sedgemoor</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Rebellion" title="Monmouth Rebellion">Monmouth Rebellion</a> in 1685.<sup id="cite_ref-mod_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 3rd and 4th troops were disbanded in 1746.<sup id="cite_ref-white_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-white-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1788, the remaining 1st and 2nd troops, along with the two troops of Horse Grenadier Guards, were reorganised into two regiments, the <a href="/wiki/1st_Regiment_of_Life_Guards" title="1st Regiment of Life Guards">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/2nd_Regiment_of_Life_Guards" title="2nd Regiment of Life Guards">2nd Regiments of Life Guards</a> (from 1877, simply <b>1st Life Guards</b> and <b>2nd Life Guards</b>).<sup id="cite_ref-white_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-white-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From then on (1788), rank and file were mostly formed of commoners giving rise to their pejorative nickname: "the cheesemongers",<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the bulk of the gentlemen-troopers were pensioned off.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charge_of_the_1st_Life_Guards_at_Genappe_by_Richard_Simkin_(c._1890).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Charge_of_the_1st_Life_Guards_at_Genappe_by_Richard_Simkin_%28c._1890%29.jpg/220px-Charge_of_the_1st_Life_Guards_at_Genappe_by_Richard_Simkin_%28c._1890%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Charge_of_the_1st_Life_Guards_at_Genappe_by_Richard_Simkin_%28c._1890%29.jpg/330px-Charge_of_the_1st_Life_Guards_at_Genappe_by_Richard_Simkin_%28c._1890%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Charge_of_the_1st_Life_Guards_at_Genappe_by_Richard_Simkin_%28c._1890%29.jpg/440px-Charge_of_the_1st_Life_Guards_at_Genappe_by_Richard_Simkin_%28c._1890%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption>Life Guards in <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_campaign:_Quatre_Bras_to_Waterloo#Action_at_Genappe" title="Waterloo campaign: Quatre Bras to Waterloo">action at Genappe</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_campaign" title="Waterloo campaign">Waterloo campaign</a>, 1815.</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1812 to 1814, two squadrons from each of the Life Guard regiments served in the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nam_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nam-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1815 they were part of <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">The Household Brigade</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a> under Major-General <a href="/wiki/Lord_Edward_Somerset" title="Lord Edward Somerset">Lord Edward Somerset</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mod_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This would be their last active service for more than 60 years, during which time they performed ceremonial and public order duties in London.<sup id="cite_ref-nam_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nam-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1821, the Life Guards under the command of Captain Oakes fired upon mourners trying to redirect the funeral procession of <a href="/wiki/Caroline_of_Brunswick" title="Caroline of Brunswick">Queen Caroline</a> through the city of London. Two civilians were killed. Though charges of manslaughter and murder were brought, no Life Guards were prosecuted.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Life_Guards_August_1914.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1st_Life_Guards_August_1914.jpg/220px-1st_Life_Guards_August_1914.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1st_Life_Guards_August_1914.jpg/330px-1st_Life_Guards_August_1914.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1st_Life_Guards_August_1914.jpg/440px-1st_Life_Guards_August_1914.jpg 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="446" /></a><figcaption>1st Life Guards prepare for war, August 1914.</figcaption></figure> <p>Elements of the Life Guards, along with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Horse_Guards" title="Royal Horse Guards">Royal Horse Guards</a>, formed the <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Composite_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Composite Regiment">Household Cavalry Composite Regiment</a> (HCCR) for active service. The HCCR was in action in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_War" title="Anglo-Egyptian War">Anglo-Egyptian War</a> of 1882 and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> of 1899 to 1902. THe HCCR was mobilised again in 1914 at the start of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, where they formed part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> and fought in most of the major battles on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nam_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nam-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1918, the two Life Guards regiments gave up their horses and were re-roled as machine gun battalions, becoming the 1st and 2nd Battalions, <a href="/wiki/Guards_Machine_Gun_Regiment" title="Guards Machine Gun Regiment">Guards Machine Gun Regiment</a>. They reverted to their previous names and roles after the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-mod_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1922, the two regiments were merged into one regiment, <i>The Life Guards (1st and 2nd)</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-white_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-white-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1928, it was re-designated <b>The Life Guards</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-mod_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, again forming part of the HCCR, the Life Guards undertook <a href="/wiki/Armoured_reconnaissance" title="Armoured reconnaissance">armoured reconnaissance</a> duties in Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-nam_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nam-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1944, the Life Guards took part in the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> and the advance through France to liberate <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mod_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1940s, they were deployed to the Middle East, initially in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, garrisoned at Kasr-el-Nil Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a> from 1946 to 1947, and then in <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine</a> from 1947. In 1948, the unit left the Middle East and returned to England on leave. In 1952, it returned to <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">Germany</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th Armoured Division.</a><sup id="cite_ref-bau_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the unit repeatedly rotated from Britain to Germany. In 1965, the unit was deployed to Asia for the first time in central <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> until 1968, returning to England. Like in the past decades, the unit was stationed in West Germany and England through the early to late 1970s. During its deployments, the unit always maintained a squadron in London conducting public duties. In 1971 several squadrons were deployed to Northern Ireland during <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>, and the regiment would see action there several more times through the mid-1970s. In March 1979, B Squadron was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Peacekeeping_Force_in_Cyprus" title="United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus">United Nations Peacekeeping Force</a>, and this would become another location that components of the unit would be deployed to.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980, the unit's headquarters would be moved from Combermere Barracks in Windsor to Lothain Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Detmold" title="Detmold">Detmold</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, West Germany as a part of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">4th Armoured Division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">British Army of the Rhine</a>, with a reconnaissance role and also tasked with the defense of part of the <a href="/wiki/North_German_Plain" title="North German Plain">North German Plain</a>. In January 1981 it became a component of the <a href="/wiki/20th_Armoured_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_Kingdom)" title="20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)">20th Armoured Brigade.</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unit provided a mounted escort for then <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles, Prince of Wales</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Diana, Princess of Wales">Lady Diana Spencer</a> during their <a href="/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_Charles_and_Lady_Diana_Spencer" title="Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer">wedding ceremony</a> on 29 July 1981, in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. Throughout the rest of the 1980s-1990s its headquarters moved frequently from Germany to Britain, and in January 1984 had squadrons deployed to Cyprus as part of a UN tour.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1990-1991, the Life Guards saw action with their <a href="/wiki/Challenger_1_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Challenger 1 tank">Challenger 1 tanks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hcf_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hcf-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Jackal_Vehicle_and_Soldier_Stand_Guard_at_a_Vehicle_Checkpoint_in_Afghanistan_MOD_45153290.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/A_Jackal_Vehicle_and_Soldier_Stand_Guard_at_a_Vehicle_Checkpoint_in_Afghanistan_MOD_45153290.jpg/220px-A_Jackal_Vehicle_and_Soldier_Stand_Guard_at_a_Vehicle_Checkpoint_in_Afghanistan_MOD_45153290.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/A_Jackal_Vehicle_and_Soldier_Stand_Guard_at_a_Vehicle_Checkpoint_in_Afghanistan_MOD_45153290.jpg/330px-A_Jackal_Vehicle_and_Soldier_Stand_Guard_at_a_Vehicle_Checkpoint_in_Afghanistan_MOD_45153290.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/A_Jackal_Vehicle_and_Soldier_Stand_Guard_at_a_Vehicle_Checkpoint_in_Afghanistan_MOD_45153290.jpg/440px-A_Jackal_Vehicle_and_Soldier_Stand_Guard_at_a_Vehicle_Checkpoint_in_Afghanistan_MOD_45153290.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Jackal_(vehicle)" title="Jackal (vehicle)">Jackal armoured vehicle</a> of the Household Cavalry Regiment in <a href="/wiki/Helmand_Province" title="Helmand Province">Helmand Province</a>, Afghanistan, in 2011.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1992, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Options_for_Change" title="Options for Change">Options for Change</a> defence review, The Life Guards were joined with the <a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">Blues and Royals</a> in a 'Union', becoming part of the new <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Household Cavalry</a>, classified as a corps, not an amalgamation, forming the <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Regiment">Household Cavalry Regiment</a> (armoured reconnaissance) and the <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Mounted_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment">Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment</a> (ceremonial duties). However, both units maintain their regimental identity, with distinct uniforms and traditions, and their own <a href="/wiki/Colonel#Colonel_of_the_Regiment" title="Colonel">colonel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mod_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mod-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like <a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">The Blues and Royals</a>, they have a peculiar non-commissioned rank structure: In brief, they lack <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">sergeants</a>, replacing them with multiple grades of corporal.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the union, the Household Cavalry Regiment has seen active service in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-hcf_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hcf-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, the Life Guards began admitting women.<sup id="cite_ref-tatler_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tatler-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Godwin" title="Elizabeth Godwin">Elizabeth Godwin</a> became the first woman to be commissioned as an officer in the Life Guards.<sup id="cite_ref-tatler_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tatler-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_names">Previous names</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Previous names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Names used by the regiment were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-white_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-white-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>From 1788, <b>1st Regiment of Life Guards</b> and <b>2nd Regiment of Life Guards</b> <ul><li>The following troops were reorganised into 1st Regiment of Life Guards <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="1st Troop of Horse Guards">1st Troop of Horse Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horse_Grenadier_Guards#Captains_&_Colonels" title="Horse Grenadier Guards">1st Troop, Horse Grenadier Guards</a></li></ul></li> <li>and the following troops were reorganised into 2nd Regiment of Life Guards <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="2nd Troop of Horse Guards">2nd Troop of Horse Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horse_Grenadier_Guards#Captains_&_Colonels" title="Horse Grenadier Guards">2nd Troop (Scots), Horse Grenadier Guards</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>From 1877, <b>1st Life Guards</b> and <b>2nd Life Guards</b></li> <li>From 1922, <b>The Life Guards (1st and 2nd)</b></li> <li>From 1928, <b>The Life Guards</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniform">Uniform</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Uniform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:308px;max-width:308px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Troopers in <a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">full dress uniform</a></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horse_Guards,_London_April_2006_026.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_026.jpg/150px-Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_026.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_026.jpg/225px-Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_026.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_026.jpg/300px-Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_026.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Mounted, with cuirass</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horse_Guards,_London_April_2006_027.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_027.jpg/150px-Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_027.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_027.jpg/225px-Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_027.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_027.jpg/300px-Horse_Guards%2C_London_April_2006_027.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Dismounted, without cuirass</div></div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_Guards_officer%27s_full_dress_tunic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Life_Guards_officer%27s_full_dress_tunic.jpg/150px-Life_Guards_officer%27s_full_dress_tunic.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Life_Guards_officer%27s_full_dress_tunic.jpg/225px-Life_Guards_officer%27s_full_dress_tunic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Life_Guards_officer%27s_full_dress_tunic.jpg/300px-Life_Guards_officer%27s_full_dress_tunic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2956" data-file-height="4434" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">Full dress</a> tunic worn by an officer</figcaption></figure> <p>On ceremonial occasions The Life Guards wear a scarlet tunic, a metal <a href="/wiki/Cuirass" title="Cuirass">cuirass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_helmet" title="Albert helmet">a matching helmet</a> with a white <a href="/wiki/Hackle" title="Hackle">plume</a> worn bound on the top into an 'onion' shape; the exceptions to this are the regiment's trumpeters, who wear a red plume, and farriers, who wear blue tunics and have a black plume.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, The Life Guards wear their chin strap below their lower lip, as opposed to <a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">The Blues and Royals</a> who wear it under their chin. On service dress The Life Guards Officers and Warrant Officers Class One wear a red lanyard on the right shoulder, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Sam_Browne_belt" title="Sam Browne belt">Sam Browne belt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Life Guards, as part of the Household Division, does not use the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a> Star for its officer rank "pips", but rather the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Order of the Garter</a> Star.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_honours">Battle honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The battle honours are:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> [combined battle honours of 1st Life Guards and 2nd Life Guards, with the following emblazoned]:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ii<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dettingen" title="Battle of Dettingen">Dettingen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Waterloo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tel_el-Kebir" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tel el-Kebir">Tel-el-Kebir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urabi_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Urabi Revolt">Egypt 1882</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kimberley" title="Siege of Kimberley">Relief of Kimberley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Paardeberg" title="Battle of Paardeberg">Paardeberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">South Africa 1899–1900</a></li> <li>The Great War:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>iii<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mons" title="Battle of Mons">Mons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Le_Cateau" title="Battle of Le Cateau">Le Cateau</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Marne" title="First Battle of the Marne">Marne 1914</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Aisne" title="First Battle of the Aisne">Aisne 1914</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Messines_(1914)" title="Battle of Messines (1914)">Messines 1914</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">Ypres 1914</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Passchendaele 1917</a> '18, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Somme 1916</a> <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Second Battle of the Somme">'18</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arras_1917" class="mw-redirect" title="Arras 1917">Arras 1917</a> <a href="/wiki/Arras_1918_(Battle_honour)" title="Arras 1918 (Battle honour)">'18</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindenburg_Line" title="Hindenburg Line">Hindenburg Line</a>, <a href="/wiki/France_and_Flanders_1914%E2%80%9318" class="mw-redirect" title="France and Flanders 1914–18">France and Flanders 1914–18</a></li> <li>The Second World War:<sup id="cite_ref-Joint_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joint-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>iv<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bluecoat" title="Operation Bluecoat">Mont Pincon, Souleuvre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Odon" title="Second Battle of the Odon">Noireau Crossing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Jericho" title="Operation Jericho">Amiens 1944</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Belgium" title="Liberation of Belgium">Brussels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Bridge" title="Joe's Bridge">Neerpelt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Nederrijn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nijmegen" title="Battle of Nijmegen">Nijmegen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Lingen, Bentheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/North-West_Europe_Campaign_of_1944%E2%80%931945" class="mw-redirect" title="North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945">North-West Europe 1944-45</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War" title="Anglo-Iraqi War">Baghdad 1941, Iraq 1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palmyra_(1941)" title="Battle of Palmyra (1941)">Palmyra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Syria–Lebanon Campaign">Syria 1941</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Alamein" title="El Alamein">El Alamein</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Africa_1942%E2%80%9343" class="mw-redirect" title="North Africa 1942–43">North Africa 1942–43</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="Italian campaign (World War II)">Arezzo, Advance to Florence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Gothic Line</a>, Italy 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wadi_al-Batin" title="Battle of Wadi al-Batin">Wadi al Batin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf 1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Basra_(2003)" title="Battle of Basra (2003)">Al Basrah</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">Iraq 2003</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joint_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joint-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>iv<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanding_Officers">Commanding Officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Commanding Officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commanding Officers of the regiment have been:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Lt Col Emerson M. Turnbull: November 1959–April 1962</li> <li>Lt Col Julian P. Fane: April 1962–May 1964</li> <li>Lt Col Sir James W. Scott: May 1964–October 1966</li> <li>Lt Col Ian B. Baillie: October 1966–May 1969</li> <li>Lt Col <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Langley" title="Desmond Langley">Henry Desmond A. Langley</a>: May 1969–September 1971</li> <li>Lt Col Simon E. M. Bradish-Ellammes: December 1971–December 1973</li> <li>Lt Col <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cooper_(British_Army_officer)" title="Simon Cooper (British Army officer)">Simon C. Cooper</a>: December 1973–August 1976</li> <li>Lt Col Andrew J. Hartigan: August 1976–October 1978</li> <li>Lt Col <a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Gooch,_14th_Baronet" title="Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet">Arthur B. S. H. Gooch</a>: October 1978–February 1981</li> <li>Lt Col James B. Emson: February 1981–July 1983</li> <li>Lt Col <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Earl" title="Timothy Earl">Timothy J. Earl</a>: July 1983–November 1985</li> <li>Lt Col V. Anthony L. Goodhew: November 1985–June 1988</li> <li>Lt Col James W. M. Ellery: June 1988–December 1990</li> <li>Lt Col Anthony P. de Ritter: December 1990–October 1992</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonels-in-Chief">Colonels-in-Chief</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Colonels-in-Chief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Colonels-in-Chief of the regiment were:<sup id="cite_ref-regt_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regt-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>21 May 1922 – 1 February 1936: <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">King George V</a></li> <li>1 February 1936 – 10 December 1936: <a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">King Edward VIII</a></li> <li>10 December 1936 – 6 February 1952: <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">King George VI</a></li> <li>6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022: <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a></li> <li>8 September 2022 — present: <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">King Charles III</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regimental_Colonels">Regimental Colonels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regimental Colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Regimental Colonels were:<sup id="cite_ref-regt_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regt-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1922: Major General Sir <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Edward_Bingham" title="Cecil Edward Bingham">Cecil Edward Bingham</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">GCVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George">KCMG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a></span></span> (<i>from <a href="/wiki/2nd_Regiment_of_Life_Guards" title="2nd Regiment of Life Guards">2nd Life Guards</a>; Joint Colonel</i>)</li> <li>1922: Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Henry_Hynman_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby">Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">GCVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_Justice_of_the_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of Justice of the Order of St John">KStJ</a></span></span> (from <i><a href="/wiki/1st_Life_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Life Guards">1st Life Guards</a>; Joint Colonel</i>)</li> <li>1936–1957: Major General <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cambridge,_1st_Earl_of_Athlone" title="Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone">Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Order_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Order of the Garter">KG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">GCVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_Justice_of_the_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of Justice of the Order of St John">KStJ</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Aide_de_Camp#The_Royal_Household" class="mw-redirect" title="Aide de Camp">ADC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society">FRS</a></span></span></li> <li>1957–1965: Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/John_Harding,_1st_Baron_Harding_of_Petherton" title="John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton">John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order_and_two_Bars" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Service Order and two Bars">DSO**</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a></span></span></li> <li>1965–1979: Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Order_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Order of the Garter">KG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_Merit" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of Merit">OM</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India">GCSI</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Indian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire">GCIE</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">GCVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Bailiff_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John">GCStJ</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Aide_de_Camp#The_Royal_Household" class="mw-redirect" title="Aide de Camp">ADC</a></span></span></li> <li>1979–1999: Major General <a href="/wiki/Lord_Michael_Fitzalan-Howard" title="Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard">Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">GCVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a></span></span></li> <li>1999–2019: Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Charles_Guthrie,_Baron_Guthrie_of_Craigiebank" title="Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank">Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">GCVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a></span></span></li> <li>2019–present: Lieutenant General Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Smyth-Osbourne" title="Edward Smyth-Osbourne">Edward Smyth-Osbourne</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">KCVO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_precedence">Order of precedence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Order of precedence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">First in Order of<br />Precedence of the Cavalry</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/British_Army_Order_of_Precedence" class="mw-redirect" title="British Army Order of Precedence">Cavalry Order of Precedence</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">The Blues and Royals<br />(Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 792px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 190px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 185px; height: 195px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_guard_(buste)_-_Whitehall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Life Guard (close up of helmet and plume)"><img alt="Life Guard (close up of helmet and plume)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Life_guard_%28buste%29_-_Whitehall.jpg/110px-Life_guard_%28buste%29_-_Whitehall.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Life_guard_%28buste%29_-_Whitehall.jpg/165px-Life_guard_%28buste%29_-_Whitehall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Life_guard_%28buste%29_-_Whitehall.jpg/220px-Life_guard_%28buste%29_-_Whitehall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3888" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Life Guard (close up of helmet and <a href="/wiki/Plume_(feather)" title="Plume (feather)">plume</a>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 190px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 185px; height: 195px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_guards_-_Whitehall_(London).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Life Guards (wearing cloaks over full dress uniform)"><img alt="Life Guards (wearing cloaks over full dress uniform)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Life_guards_-_Whitehall_%28London%29.JPG/155px-Life_guards_-_Whitehall_%28London%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="155" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Life_guards_-_Whitehall_%28London%29.JPG/233px-Life_guards_-_Whitehall_%28London%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Life_guards_-_Whitehall_%28London%29.JPG/310px-Life_guards_-_Whitehall_%28London%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2553" data-file-height="2115" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Life Guards (wearing <a href="/wiki/Cloak" title="Cloak">cloaks</a> over <a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">full dress uniform</a>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 190px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 185px; height: 195px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheet_Street_and_the_Band_of_The_Life_Guards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1514475.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Band of The Life Guards"><img alt="The Band of The Life Guards" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sheet_Street_and_the_Band_of_The_Life_Guards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1514475.jpg/155px-Sheet_Street_and_the_Band_of_The_Life_Guards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1514475.jpg" decoding="async" width="155" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sheet_Street_and_the_Band_of_The_Life_Guards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1514475.jpg/233px-Sheet_Street_and_the_Band_of_The_Life_Guards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1514475.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sheet_Street_and_the_Band_of_The_Life_Guards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1514475.jpg/310px-Sheet_Street_and_the_Band_of_The_Life_Guards_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1514475.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">The Band of The Life Guards</div></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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The regiment's predecessors, the 1st and 2nd Life Guards, have their roots dating back to 1660.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The regiment maintained the fiction of separate regiments until 1928, receiving in 1927 two separate sets of Standards with different (but almost identical) battle honours emblazoned.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Revised combined list issued May 1933, omitting from emblazonment "Passchendaele" and "St. Quentin Canal" of the 1st Life Guards.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Joint-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joint_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joint_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Awarded jointly to The Life Guards and Blues and Royals, for services of Household Cavalry Regiment.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1716) p. 115f.: <i>Of the Troops of the Household</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_britannica" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopædia britannica">Encyclopædia britannica</a>, Vol. 8 (1797), p. 171: <i>Horse Guards</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTinceyEmbleton1994" class="citation book cs1">Tincey, John; Embleton, Gerry (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5SJbsv8TEqAC&pg=PA43"><i>The British Army 1660-1704</i></a>. Great Britain: <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. p. 43. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-381-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-381-0"><bdi>978-1-85532-381-0</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 June</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+British+Army+1660-1704&rft.place=Great+Britain&rft.pages=43&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-1-85532-381-0&rft.aulast=Tincey&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=Embleton%2C+Gerry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5SJbsv8TEqAC%26pg%3DPA43&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALife+Guards+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-white-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-white_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-white_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-white_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-white_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-white_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">White-Spunner, p. xii</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mod-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mod_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mod_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mod_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mod_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mod_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mod_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.army.mod.uk/28088.aspx">"The Life Guards"</a>. 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Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Hussars" title="Yorkshire Hussars">Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Rangers_Yeomanry" title="Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry">Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Yeomanry" title="Staffordshire Yeomanry">Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Yeomanry" title="Shropshire Yeomanry">Shropshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayrshire_(Earl_of_Carrick%27s_Own)_Yeomanry" title="Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry">Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Yeomanry" title="Cheshire Yeomanry">Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Yorkshire_Dragoons" title="Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons">Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_Yeomanry" title="Leicestershire 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(Castlemartin)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_East_Kent_Yeomanry" title="Royal East Kent Yeomanry">Royal East Kent Yeomanry (The Duke of Connaught's Own)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_Yeomanry" title="Hampshire Yeomanry">Hampshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Buckinghamshire_Yeomanry" title="Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry">Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derbyshire_Yeomanry" title="Derbyshire Yeomanry">Derbyshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Dorset_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry">Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Gloucestershire_Hussars" title="Royal Gloucestershire Hussars">Royal Gloucestershire Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Yeomanry" title="Hertfordshire Yeomanry">Hertfordshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkshire_Yeomanry" title="Berkshire Yeomanry">Berkshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Yeomanry" title="Middlesex Yeomanry">1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_1st_Devon_Yeomanry" title="Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry">Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Yeomanry" title="Suffolk Yeomanry">Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_North_Devon_Yeomanry" title="Royal North Devon Yeomanry">Royal North Devon Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Worcestershire_Hussars" title="Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars">Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_West_Kent_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry">Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Yeomanry" title="West Somerset Yeomanry">West Somerset Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Oxfordshire_Hussars" title="Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars">Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire_Yeomanry" title="Montgomeryshire Yeomanry">Montgomeryshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothians_and_Border_Horse" title="Lothians and Border Horse">Lothians and Border Horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Royal_Glasgow_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry">Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Hussars" title="Lancashire Hussars">Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrey_Yeomanry" title="Surrey Yeomanry">Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_and_Forfar_Yeomanry" title="Fife and Forfar Yeomanry">Fife and Forfar Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Yeomanry" title="Norfolk Yeomanry">Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussex_Yeomanry" title="Sussex Yeomanry">Sussex Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glamorgan_Yeomanry" title="Glamorgan Yeomanry">Glamorganshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Horse_Yeomanry" title="Welsh Horse Yeomanry">Welsh Horse Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_Yeomanry" title="Lincolnshire Yeomanry">Lincolnshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Yeomanry_(Rough_Riders)" title="City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)">City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Dragoons" title="Westminster Dragoons">2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_County_of_London_Yeomanry_(Sharpshooters)" title="3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)">3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_Yeomanry" title="Bedfordshire Yeomanry">Bedfordshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_Yeomanry" title="Essex Yeomanry">Essex Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Yeomanry" title="Northamptonshire Yeomanry">Northamptonshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Yeomanry" title="East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry">East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovat_Scouts" title="Lovat Scouts">Lovat Scouts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Horse" title="Scottish Horse">Scottish Horse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">Reserve</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#1LG" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">1st Life Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#2LG" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">2nd Life Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#RHG" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">Royal Horse Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#1" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#2" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#3" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#4" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#5" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#6" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#7" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#8" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#9" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#10" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#11" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#12" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#13" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Reserve_Regiments_(United_Kingdom)#14" title="Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)">14th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regiments<br />and Corps</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Household Cavalry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Life Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">Blues and Royals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Regiment">Household Cavalry Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Mounted_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment">Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal<br />Armoured Corps</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_The_Queen%27s_Dragoon_Guards" title="1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards">1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Scots Dragoon Guards">Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Dragoon Guards">Royal Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars" title="Queen's Royal Hussars">Queen's Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Lancers" title="Royal Lancers">Royal Lancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Hussars" title="King's Royal Hussars">King's Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Dragoons" title="Light Dragoons">Light Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Yeomanry" title="Royal Yeomanry">Royal Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Wessex_Yeomanry" title="Royal Wessex Yeomanry">Royal Wessex Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Yeomanry">Queen's Own Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_and_North_Irish_Yeomanry" title="Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry">Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Infantry_of_the_British_Army" title="Infantry of the British Army">Infantry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foot_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="Foot Guards">Foot Guards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Guards" title="Irish Guards">Irish Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Guards" title="Welsh Guards">Welsh Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Guards" title="London Guards">London Guards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Line<br />Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland" title="Royal Regiment of Scotland">Royal Regiment of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment" title="Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment">Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment" title="Duke of Lancaster's Regiment">Duke of Lancaster's Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Fusiliers" title="Royal Regiment of Fusiliers">Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment" title="Royal Anglian Regiment">Royal Anglian Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="Royal Yorkshire Regiment">Royal Yorkshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercian_Regiment" title="Mercian Regiment">Mercian Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Welsh" title="Royal Welsh">Royal Welsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1992)" title="Royal Irish Regiment (1992)">Royal Irish Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rifles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Bermuda Regiment">Royal Bermuda Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Montserrat_Defence_Force" title="Royal Montserrat Defence Force">Royal Montserrat Defence Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands_Regiment" title="Cayman Islands Regiment">Cayman Islands Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands_Regiment" title="Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment">Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands_Defence_Force" title="Falkland Islands Defence Force">Falkland Islands Defence Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other Combat Arms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Reconnaissance_Regiment" title="Special Reconnaissance Regiment">Special Reconnaissance Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ranger Regiment (United Kingdom)">Ranger Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)">Army Air Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat Support Arms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">Royal Corps of Signals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)">Intelligence Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company" title="Honourable Artillery 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